Overview

According to the commissioner, the 911 emergency call center received a report just after 4:00 a.m. of shots being fired outside the nightclub, and upon arrival on the scene, saw a male individual, still with a firearm in his possession, lying lifeless on the ground.

“The security personnel then took cover and opened fire,” Mr. Richards said. The commissioner also made known that immediately across the street was another peace officer, who’s also employed with the government, and was working off-duty last night for the club. That peace officer issued a command to the suspect to lower his weapon. But the suspect continued shooting in the direction of the nightclub, prompting the second peace officer to open fire. The suspect was then shot at least once in the chest area; and succumbed to his injuries on the scene.

Another man in his 20s was also shot, but it remains unclear who shot him, Mr. Richards said. According to the commissioner, citing a preliminary report while cautioning that the investigation was still ongoing — and that multiple persons inside and outside the nightclub were being interviewed — the young man, who later succumbed to gunshot wounds he sustained after being transported to the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, doesn’t seem to have been involved in the shooting. And a third person was injured by gunfire, too. However, injuries sustained were not life-threatening.

Mr. Richards told The Consortium that the weapons carried by both peaces officers have been confiscated. One is employed as a marshal at the Department of Justice, and the other is possibly a Supreme Court employee. Police also have the third weapon that was found on the suspect outside the nightclub.

Although they had lived here for a short period of time, both victims were from St. Croix, the commissioner confirmed. He said their identities are still being determined because no forms of identification was found on their person. They were, however, in their 20s.

“All the information that we have seem to suggest that their primary residence was on St. Croix,” Mr. Richards said.